mVPstar said:
mVPstar said:
*snip*
Aha! I had a hunch that this add-on was the problem..

It was the Java add-on. Makes sense, I received a Java update recently (might have been yesterday morning, don't remember).

Disabling the "SSV Helper Class" and the "Sun Java Console" did the trick.

EDIT: Apparently, it's the SSV Helper Class that is the problem.
Funny how a year later it's still faulty.

NICE FIND! That was bugging the heck out of me.

 

 

10/29/09 - Turns out the SSV Helper Class isn't the main problem - for me anyway...although that contributes to a small part of the delay. I found that changing my new tab settings to open an about:blank tab ("a blank page" instead of the "new tab page" in dropdown) made the new tab open as fast as firefox.